Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] that [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although MAS will obviously be seeking to create an auction , it is normal to state that the vendors are not motivated purely by financial concerns but give great importance to other factors such as finding the right buyer , etc . |
| 2 | And it is absurd to think that the painters of the Section d'Or and others , scattered through the Salon d'Automne , share any concern other than that of reacting against the sloppiness of Impressionism . |
| 3 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 4 | It is usual to assume that the pupils will be able to use close-range materials on the desk or table in front of them , and then look up to the blackboard , perhaps to copy notes or diagrams displayed there , then quickly refocus on to their desk work . |
| 5 | In 1850 neither St Petersburg nor Constantinople nor the western powers realized that war was on the horizon , but with hindsight it is possible to see that the battle-lines were drawn . |
| 6 | But when a goods engine makes its appearance from the outer darkness , it is possible to realize that the shunters ' apparent madness is nothing but the acme of method . |
| 7 | He is right to say that the fares are too high even more so when the fare is the same whether you join the trains at Crewe or London . |
| 8 | An entire change in society — a change amounting to a complete subversion of the existing' ‘ order of the world ’ — is contemplated by the working classes ' ; it is right to recall that the workers very soon abandoned the strategic option of displacing Capitalism . |
| 9 | But he can bridge it only if he has broad lines of policy clear in his head ; if , knowing his own mind , he drives his authority down through the departments ; and if he is prepared to understand that the fruits of his efforts may appear long after the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton , gourmand and ground-breaker . |
| 10 | It is heartening to see that the non-enrollers have not been put off future participation , especially when it seems many have had difficulties arising from personal circumstances . |
| 11 | But it is easier to show that the Aquitanians ' identity as a people was imposed on them rather than felt by them in Carolingian times . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note that the movements of the real exchange rates do seem to move around the level appropriate to a purchasing power parity explanation . |
| 13 | It is interesting to note that the Rooks which use elms as a high proportion of their nest sites in this region quickly move to other tree species when elms are removed . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note that the aspects of SSE which discriminated most strongly between respondents and non-respondents were to do specifically with the Oxfordshire scheme as it had operated in their school rather than with SSE as a general notion . |
| 15 | Before considering another approach , it is interesting to note that the objectives broadly correspond to Sandmo 's ( 1976 ) introductory discussion of what might be meant by an optimal tax with the efficiency ( excess burdens ) approach being identified with the economist , the equity considerations with the ‘ man in the street ’ and the ‘ control ’ point with the tax administrator 's viewpoint . |
| 16 | Finally , it is interesting to note that the polytechnics as a group are considering the creation of a central clearing house for applications by making use of the computer facilities and expertise of the Universities Central Council on Admissions ( UCCA ) . |
| 17 | There is much to suggest that the attitudes of society towards sexual offences , particularly the attitudes of many men ( who hold most of the leading posts in the making of policy and law ) , have tended to undervalue the seriousness of sexual assaults . |
| 18 | It is impossible to deny that the Lords do useful work by clearing up minor points on government legislation and often having the major discussions on non-controversial measures and private bills . |
| 19 | It is impossible to prove that the rivalries thus engendered endured , or that the king subsequently failed to impose himself on his major followers , favouring some individuals at the expense of others , and allowing his officials to get out of hand , all at the expense of national unity . |
| 20 | It is appalling to think that the prices of basics like meat and butter could double . |
| 21 | It is easy to pretend that the values and standard of behaviour about which I am speaking are genteel or middle class . |
| 22 | It is easy to say that the years of Unionist rule were a travesty of what democracy is , or ought to be . |
| 23 | If a policeman encounters a person using threatening language against another , he must make a judgment as to whether or not the addressee of the threats is likely to believe that the threats will be implemented . |
| 24 | It is hard to believe that the hiccups over his newly published autobiography can be the real reason behind the decision . |
| 25 | It is important to establish , therefore , whether or not it is reasonable to suppose that the children of lone mothers represent a significant proportion of the unoccupied group recorded in the census . |
| 26 | Centromeres are portions of the DNA that hold the two halves of a divided chromosome together , and it is reasonable to suppose that the centromeres of a given species would be more like one another than like the centromeres of another species . |
| 27 | The full information about the structure of space–time is embodied in the metric equation , and so it is reasonable to expect that the connections should be functions of the metric coefficients . |
| 28 | It is reasonable to consider that the glasses obtained by different cooling rates from the melt are different from each other . |
| 29 | If lesion A affects function X but not function Y while lesion B affects function Y but not function N , it is reasonable to assume that the effects observed are specific to the loci of lesions A and B rather than to the general effects of brain damage . |
| 30 | For all practical purposes , it is reasonable to assume that the children classified as unoccupied at the census were living in poverty in one parent families . |